Bea Eidsness, a native Oregonian and resident of Gresham for some 60 years, has been a supporter of jazz in the Portland metro area her entire life. Most notably, she served as the volunteer coordinator for the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival for 20+ years overseeing some 200 volunteer staff produce one of the area's most noteworthy and beloved annual events. In 2000, the volunteers established the Bea Eidsness Scholarship Fund to honor her service to the festival and to serve as an endowment fund for furthering jazz education in Oregon.

With the advent of the first annual Portland Jazz Festival in 2004, Bea has established a $1000 scholarship to support a student enrolling in the jazz studies program at Portland State University. The excellent faculty and students who comprise this program are a core component of Portland's jazz community and this scholarship is intended to strengthen and preserve this tradition.

Eligibility: Applicants must be graduating high school seniors in the Portland tri-county area or Clark County, Wash. To be selected, applicants must be accepted into the Portland State University jazz studies program. Students need not be accepted at time of application (see form). This is a one-time award made in the student's first semester.

Applications are available on the Portland Jazz Festival website at www.pdxjazz.com or by calling 503.228.5299. Applications are due by August 31, 2005.

Application for Bea Eidsness Jazz Scholarship

Name: __________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________

Phone: ______________________________ E-mail: ______________________

High School: _____________________________________________________

GPA: _______

Expected date of notification of acceptance at PSU: _______________________

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Please answer the following questions on a separate, typewritten sheet of paper.

1. Describe your history of jazz study, instruction and participation.
2. List awards, honors and achievements earned in music.
3. Describe your long-term personal and musical goals.
4. Why are you interested in the jazz studies program at Portland State University?
5. Please submit at least one letter of recommendation from a teacher or instructor.
6. You may be called for an audition

Application process and deadlines
Applications are due April 1, 2005.
Return application to:

Attn: Bea Eidsness/PSU Jazz Scholarship
Portland Jazz Festival.
The Galleria
921 S.W. Morrison St., Suite 207
Portland, OR 97205

Recipient will be notified by May 31, 2005.